9th G-I-N conference overview
Heather Buchan, MBChB, FFPHM
Member of the G-I-N Board of Trustees from 2005/2006 to 2008-2009 ; Vice-Chair of the G-I-N Board of Trustees in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
Dr Heather Buchan currently works for the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, providing advice on the redevelopment of their clinical guidelines program. She was previously Chief Executive Officer at the National Institute of Clinical Studies, an organisation funded by the Australian government to improve the uptake of best available evidence into current clinical practice. She trained in New Zealand as a public health physician specialising in medical management and became interested in improving uptake of research knowledge while undertaking post-graduate studies in epidemiology as an Oxford Nuffield Medical Scholar. She has worked in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia in hospital, academic and government sectors.
Email: Heather.Buchan@nhmrc.gov.au
